[HPforGrownups] A Trelawney Thought

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 153693

 
In a message dated 6/11/2006 7:37:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
inspirit at ptd.net writes:

So in  my exhaustive search for one tiny little spark of hope that Dumbledore 
may yet  live... I submit that as he was not the first to rise from the table 
that  fateful Christmas dinner, he will not be the first of the group to die. 
 

Um... that means either Ron or Harry will be. Do we really want to  sacrifice 
either of them for Dumbledore? I think I need a headache  draught.


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Sherrie here:
 
I'd spotted this too, when I first read the book.  My thought is that,  as 
Ron & Harry rose simultaneously - we're going to lose them both.
 
I've assumed Ron's death as a given, actually, since the chess game in  
PS/SS, and Harry's since the beginning of the series.  This little vignette  
indicates that their sacrifices will happen together - if not at the same  moment, 
at least within the same brief time frame.  Perhaps Ron, as in the  chess game, 
will be the sacrifice that distracts the opposition just long enough  for 
Harry to "check" Voldemort?
 
Sherrie
"What's got YOUR wand in a knot?"
-  Hermione Granger, HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF  FIRE


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